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Gather 'round the Ballad Tree

5:12 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 |  | 
Michael Granberry   E-mail   News tips

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As my editor, Mr. Dallas, would say (derisively): It's time to gather 'round the Ballad Tree! Mr. Dallas is not what I'd call the biggest fan of such venues as Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, which I, of course, love. (If you've been lost in a rain forest and don't yet know of Mr. Dallas, please visit his Web site.) Folk is the rage these days, but such naysayers as Mr. Dallas and my 23-year-old son would argue that folk-induced coffeehouses are geriatric venues where one might expect to hear, say, "Lesbian Seagull" from that Beavis & Butthead movie. But for me and millions of other gray-haired warriors who dig any music that carries the adjective "acoustic," October is going to be a truly exquisite month. On Oct. 2, the great John Gorka comes to Fort Worth's McDavid Studio for an evening show, followed the very next night by Gretchen Peters (at the same venue). Jimmy LaFave cruises to the Palace Theatre in Grapevine on Oct. 17. And on Oct. 29, Jackson Browne, who got his start in the folk clubs of Orange County, California, invades the Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie, armed with his full band. Fittingly, Mr. Browne's show is promoting his new record, Time the Conqueror, which features a gray-bearded Jackson on the cover. Just 20 days earlier, on Oct. 9, Jackson will have celebrated his 60th birthday.

Photo: Singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters is on her way to Fort Worth


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